My burnout is born of a health system that treats the emergency department as a panacea

Guardian May 15, 2022
Stephen Parnis

Hospital overcrowding and delays to care have never been worse, and the morale among emergency doctors and nurses has taken an enormous hit

“Physician, heal thyself.”

This proverb has been in use for at least 2,000 years, but it is relevant today, and it applies to me.

I am dealing with burnout, and it has taken many months for me to realise it.

The combination of a few years of a heavy workload, of ever-increasing demands, and limited opportunities to rest and recharge have taken their toll.

The advent of a global pandemic has clearly contributed to all these factors. The scramble to ready our hospitals for a disease of high infectiousness and severity. The privilege and pain of caring...

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